>>>>> "TW" == Tyler Walters <walterty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: TW> sndconfig --quiet That's not fair! XYX:temp2:~> man sndconfig|grep -c quiet 0 I was looking for an option to make it just do things without asking but couldn't find one. TW> i think you can manually place the config files if you already TW> know what they are by: Yes, but unfortunately we use several different models, so I need to probe. (I guess I could check /proc/pci and conditionalize, but if sndconfig will do it then I'd just as soon let it.) Thanks! - J<